pcmcia - pc card and hdd
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pcmcia - pc card and hdd
Okay, i did a search and read a bit but i am not getting any concrete answers.
why use this type of slot if you have to use an adapter?
can we use a Wireless PCMCIA card and hook the car up to a network to upload music?
is there any way to rename a recorded song on the HDD or add a name if its no name?
why use this type of slot if you have to use an adapter?
can we use a Wireless PCMCIA card and hook the car up to a network to upload music?
is there any way to rename a recorded song on the HDD or add a name if its no name?
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So is the idea of a wireless card and network uploads out of the question?
I just dont understand where a pcmcia card made sense, can you even get any kind of memory on a pcmcia card - i thought they were meant for interface only.
I just dont understand where a pcmcia card made sense, can you even get any kind of memory on a pcmcia card - i thought they were meant for interface only.
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For $26 you can get a pcmcia adapter that takes SD or CF cards. The only benefit to this is the upload your Outlook contacts. I'm going to do this to get access to my stuff since my iPhone won't upload.
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Cool, I'm a fellow iPhoner too. I guess i'll have to do that. I think it's a great idea to have music on an SD card that stays in the car permanantly.
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You still need to save ur own MP3 music to an SD and a 4.7 GB DVD is much cheaper than a 4 GB SD or Compact Flash card any day of the week. Why bother with MP3 on SD when you can get 4.7 GB of MP3 on a single DVD... not sure I understand the use or advantage of the PCMCIA verses the DVD MP3.
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Should be able to get 'em at any electronics store. Best bang for the buck - at least south of the border - is PCMCIA adapter + Compact Flash (CF) cards. Don't waste money on the high speed versions, pointless on the COMAND. I'm a big believer in solid state over DVD/CD - burn one, leave it in until you want new tunes, then just add 'em...
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tanktube - I appreciate you sharing that this has been discussed and as I said before i did search for it.
If you read up on PC cards it is evident that they are outdated and rarely used.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Card
it is also well known the the computer world that PC/PCMCIA is not used as memory expansion and really hasnt been since the mid 90s
Why would a 2009 vehicle have this slot? that is my question...has anyone tried a wireless card to hook up to their network?
does anyone with more knowledge / experience than me think it will or will not work...
that was the basis of my question. All the search articles really revolve around the adapter.
If you read up on PC cards it is evident that they are outdated and rarely used.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Card
it is also well known the the computer world that PC/PCMCIA is not used as memory expansion and really hasnt been since the mid 90s
Why would a 2009 vehicle have this slot? that is my question...has anyone tried a wireless card to hook up to their network?
does anyone with more knowledge / experience than me think it will or will not work...
that was the basis of my question. All the search articles really revolve around the adapter.
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tanktube - I appreciate you sharing that this has been discussed and as I said before i did search for it.
If you read up on PC cards it is evident that they are outdated and rarely used.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Card
it is also well known the the computer world that PC/PCMCIA is not used as memory expansion and really hasnt been since the mid 90s
Why would a 2009 vehicle have this slot? that is my question...has anyone tried a wireless card to hook up to their network?
does anyone with more knowledge / experience than me think it will or will not work...
that was the basis of my question. All the search articles really revolve around the adapter.
If you read up on PC cards it is evident that they are outdated and rarely used.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Card
it is also well known the the computer world that PC/PCMCIA is not used as memory expansion and really hasnt been since the mid 90s
Why would a 2009 vehicle have this slot? that is my question...has anyone tried a wireless card to hook up to their network?
does anyone with more knowledge / experience than me think it will or will not work...
that was the basis of my question. All the search articles really revolve around the adapter.
Feel free to plug whatever you want into the PCMCIA slot on your COMAND. PCMCIA is an interface standard, and as such required that the device (COMAND) in our case - read the CIS data from what's inserted (Your wireless card in this case) - and then load the appropriate drivers and software.
I'm going out on a limb here, but I seriously doubt that MB wrote wireless drivers for COMAND, and then implemented a TCP/IP stack to support networking. I could be wrong, have been before.
MB could have decided to implement CF, SD, xD, MemoryStick, or any one of ten different memory card interfaces. Personally I think it was smart to chose an interface standard rather than a card type, leaving you to decide what format you wanted...
You played with your USB port yet? Anyone plugged in a keyboard? :P
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Something like 99% of the laptops currently produced have PCMCIA cards slots in them, and everyone who shoots decent digital photos probably has at least two adapters, so I think maybe you need to read the wikipedia article completely. PCMCIA is not only a "memory interface" standard, it's a "interface standard" - hence you buy a generic "interface" (pcmcia adapter) and use whatever flavor of memory chip you have lying about...
Feel free to plug whatever you want into the PCMCIA slot on your COMAND. PCMCIA is an interface standard, and as such required that the device (COMAND) in our case - read the CIS data from what's inserted (Your wireless card in this case) - and then load the appropriate drivers and software.
I'm going out on a limb here, but I seriously doubt that MB wrote wireless drivers for COMAND, and then implemented a TCP/IP stack to support networking. I could be wrong, have been before.
MB could have decided to implement CF, SD, xD, MemoryStick, or any one of ten different memory card interfaces. Personally I think it was smart to chose an interface standard rather than a card type, leaving you to decide what format you wanted...
You played with your USB port yet? Anyone plugged in a keyboard? :P
Feel free to plug whatever you want into the PCMCIA slot on your COMAND. PCMCIA is an interface standard, and as such required that the device (COMAND) in our case - read the CIS data from what's inserted (Your wireless card in this case) - and then load the appropriate drivers and software.
I'm going out on a limb here, but I seriously doubt that MB wrote wireless drivers for COMAND, and then implemented a TCP/IP stack to support networking. I could be wrong, have been before.
MB could have decided to implement CF, SD, xD, MemoryStick, or any one of ten different memory card interfaces. Personally I think it was smart to chose an interface standard rather than a card type, leaving you to decide what format you wanted...
You played with your USB port yet? Anyone plugged in a keyboard? :P
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Here is a great deal on Ebay, I just purchased an adapter PCMCIA and it comes with a 1 GB flash card. http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trk...All-Categories
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This is the one I have, I will get the car on Friday and test it then.
http://www.b2cpowershop.com/en/5in1-...er-reader.html
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PCMCIA card are SO OLD
How OLD are they?
We use them for downloading pilot data from mission planning data.
Thats how old they are. If we are using them in our Navy airplanes then its OLD technology.
Thats not good.
How OLD are they?
We use them for downloading pilot data from mission planning data.
Thats how old they are. If we are using them in our Navy airplanes then its OLD technology.
Thats not good.
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I went to Best Buy tonight and got the pcmcia compact flash card adapter. LOL, it was only ten bucks.
Then, I had to go into Outlook and individually pull up each contact and save it as a vcard. Big fun. I finally got the vcards saved to the compact flash card. I put it into the adapter and imported the data successfully into the C63. A bit of a hassle but it's all good to go now.
Then, I had to go into Outlook and individually pull up each contact and save it as a vcard. Big fun. I finally got the vcards saved to the compact flash card. I put it into the adapter and imported the data successfully into the C63. A bit of a hassle but it's all good to go now.
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Ha ha!! That's amazing, the Navy get's PMCIA!! I'm really jealous now. If you only had a chance to see the VCR looking piece of crap that we were using in the Apache Longbows (the premier attack helicopter) just a couple of years ago... you would really be thinking old!
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Ha ha!! That's amazing, the Navy get's PMCIA!! I'm really jealous now. If you only had a chance to see the VCR looking piece of crap that we were using in the Apache Longbows (the premier attack helicopter) just a couple of years ago... you would really be thinking old!
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Ha ha!! That's amazing, the Navy get's PMCIA!! I'm really jealous now. If you only had a chance to see the VCR looking piece of crap that we were using in the Apache Longbows (the premier attack helicopter) just a couple of years ago... you would really be thinking old!
Anyways, I digress.....did you pick up your AMG yet or is MB still dicking around with military pricing? I'm picking mine up in Dallas on Tuesday...dealer even going to pick me up at the airport! Can't wait!!!!
